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Why shouldn't interns be held to the same standard as conventional employees? What rules should apply to interns? Can they be expected to perform the work that they agree to perform? Can they hang out on their phones for their entire shift? Can they insult customers and use profanity with no fear of repercussion? Why do you prioritize the interns over their employers?
They're not children running around in a field; they are professionals working in a professional environment, and they should reasonably be expected to conform to the policies of the company for which they're interning. If they don't like the terms of that employment, then they are free to leave. If they violate the terms of that employment, then the employer is under no obligation to retain them.
These so called employers (cause if you're not paying for your labor you ain't an employer.) cut off these students (interns are suppose to be students learning about the industry) from even asking questions. What kind of educational experience is that?
That's a silly objection because they certainly weren't dismissed for "asking questions." The interns approached their managers and were given an answer. They then deliberately chose--in writing--to ignore the chain of command in order to have their preferences implemented as policy. That's the unprofessional behavior that was cited as the reason for their dismissal.
Or have we gone so far down the rabbit hole the we are allowing employers to use and abuse interns as if they were real full time paid workes? Now that attitude will ensure that unions will disappear from the American economy.
Ridiculous. The interns were not abused. They were held to a professional standard and they failed to meet that standard. Why should the employer coddle the interns?
And then Democrats, who were once the party of the working people, get on a Democratic board and cheer on the abuse as if they were guards of some slave labor camp.
That's absolute garbage and it's grossly offensive on many levels. Interns are certainly not slaves, and your choice of analogy demonstrates that you don't know what slaves are and you don't know what interns are.